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Pickering is a city located immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Pickering may refer to: Pickering, North Yorkshire, England Pickering, Ontario, Canada Pickering College in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Pickering Brook, Western Australia, Australia The Pickering test in First Amendment law (see: Pickering v. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Pickering, Ontario Categories: User-created public domain images ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... The Regional Municipality of Durham, commonly called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of Toronto, Ontario. ... David Ryan is a stock investor profiled in the book Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Daniel P. Dan McTeague, PC, MP , BA (Hons. ... Pickeringâ€”Scarborough East in relation to the other Toronto area ridings Pickeringâ€”Scarborough East is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. ... Mark Holland (born October 16, 1974) is the Canadian Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Ajax-Pickering. ... Ajax—Pickering is the name of a federal electoral district in Canada. ... A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... For information on the Australian tennis player, see Wayne Arthurs (tennis player). ... Pickeringâ€”Ajaxâ€”Uxbridge was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol kmÂ², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (â‰ˆ1,609 m) in length. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth â€“ approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, â€² â€“ a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... âˆ’12 | âˆ’11 | âˆ’10 | âˆ’9:30 | âˆ’9 | âˆ’8 | âˆ’7 | âˆ’6 | âˆ’5 | âˆ’4 | âˆ’3:30 | âˆ’3 | âˆ’2:30 | âˆ’2 | âˆ’1 | âˆ’0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Durham Regional Municipality, also called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of Toronto, Ontario. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area...

History

Pickering Township was surveyed and established in 1791 as part of what was then York County. Its name derives from Pickering, North Yorkshire in North Yorkshire, England and was one of five townships along Lake Ontario named for towns in northeast England (York, Scarborough, Pickering, Whitby and Darlington). The municipality was incorporated in 1811 and became part of the newly-formed County of Ontario in 1852. 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... York County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... , Pickering is an ancient market town and a parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England,on the borders of the North York Moors National Park. ... North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in that region and also partly in North East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... York shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state Constituent country Region Yorkshire and the Humber Ceremonial county North Yorkshire Admin HQ York City Centre Founded 71 City Status 71 Government - Type Unitary Authority, City - Governing body City of York Council - Leadership: Leader & Executive - Executive: Liberal Democrat - MPs: Hugh Bayley (L) John... Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1 January 1850 (township) 1 January 1967 (borough) Incorporated Amalgamation June 1983 (city) 1 January 1998 Government - Mayor David Miller (Toronto Mayor) - Governing Body Toronto City Council - MPs John Cannis, Jim Karygiannis, Derek Lee, John McKay, Dan McTeague, Tom Wappel - MPPs Bas Balkissoon, Lorenzo Berardinetti... , For other uses, see Whitby (disambiguation). ... This article is about the town in England. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ontario County is the name of two historic counties in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Early activity in Pickering was based on agriculture, with local rivers providing water-power to operate local mills. The mouth of the Rouge River was employed as a harbour for the shipment of goods to Toronto and other points on the Great Lakes. The Kingston Road connecting Toronto and Kingston was surveyed in the area in 1810. The construction of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1856 also promoted development. The Rouge River The Rouge River is a two river system Little Rouge and Rouge River in the east and the northeast parts of Toronto and begins at the Oak Ridges Moraine near Richmond Hill. ... Kingston Road (originally The Kingston Road) was built by American engineer Asa Danforth as a route to connect Toronto (then called York) with Kingston, Ontario. ... Murney Tower, Kingston The Fort Henry Guard performing an historical demonstration The Prince George Hotel. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 map The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) was a historic railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

From the 1850s on, a community known as Pickering Village grew along the Kingston Road near Duffins Creek. It was separated from the Township in 1953 and incorporated as a Village. Pickering Village is a community and former municipality in the Town of Ajax, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During the Second World War, the community of Ajax was created as a munitions plant in the eastern portion of the Township. In 1950, Ajax was separated from the Township and incorporated as an Improvement District. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... For other uses, see Ajax. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Considerable growth took place in Pickering Township after the Second World War, spurred by the completion of Highway 401 and the area's proximity to Toronto. Further growth occurred with the start of construction of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in 1965. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... â€œMacdonald-Cartierâ€ redirects here. ... Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located in Pickering, Ontario. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

In the early 1970s, Pickering was the proposed site of Pickering Airport, a second international airport for the Toronto region. Land was expropriated for the project, but never built due in part to opposition from residents and environmental groups. The Province of Ontario also expropriated land in the area for the planned community of Seaton south of Highway 7. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority recently proposed a smaller airport for the site and the planning is underway to develop the Seaton lands as an urban area. Pickering Airport is a proposed international airport for Pickering, Ontario, Canada, east of Toronto. ... Seaton is part of North Pickering, in Ontario, Canada. ... The Kings Highway No. ... The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) operates Toronto Pearson International Airport west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and may operate the proposed Pickering Airport east of Toronto if that airport is built. ...

In 1974, municipal restructuring created the Regional Municipality of Durham. Pickering Township became the Town of Pickering. Pickering Village and some parts of the Township north of Ajax became part of the new Town of Ajax. The town’s boundaries in the west were also changed – a portion of the Port Union neighbourhood was transferred to the Borough of Scarborough and is now part of the City of Toronto. The 1971 Census, the closest to the restructuring, indicated that Pickering Township had a population of 31,735 prior to the creation of Durham Region. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Durham Regional Municipality, also called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of Toronto, Ontario. ... Port Union is a neighbourhood on the eastern border of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1 January 1850 (township) 1 January 1967 (borough) Incorporated Amalgamation June 1983 (city) 1 January 1998 Government - Mayor David Miller (Toronto Mayor) - Governing Body Toronto City Council - MPs John Cannis, Jim Karygiannis, Derek Lee, John McKay, Dan McTeague, Tom Wappel - MPPs Bas Balkissoon, Lorenzo Berardinetti...

In 2000, the Town of Pickering was granted City status. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Demographics

Pickering has experienced rapid growth in the post-war period. Between the 1996 and 2001 Census, the municipality experienced a growth rate of 10 percent (78,989 people to 87,139). Population growth has slowed considerably in recent years, growing only slightly between the 2001 and 2006 census. This is due mainly to development restrictions on land in the northern portion of the City. Negotiations are ongoing to permit development in this area. Consequently, the City has estimated that by 2023, Pickering will be home to nearly 170,000 residents^[2]. The Province of Ontario has also designated Pickering as one of two municipalities in Durham Region as an Urban Growth Centre. 2023 (MMXXIII) will be a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A significant portion of Pickering residents are classified as visible minorities. According to the 2001 Census, 9.3% of the City's population is Black, 7.0% South Asian, 2.2% Filipino and 2.0% East Asian. 73.5% of the population identifies as Caucasian. This article is about the color. ... Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

Communities

The southern portion of the city is predominantly urban. Neighbourhoods include:

The northern part of the municipality is mainly rural and agricultural. There are a number of rural communities in this area, including:

Brougham is a community within the northern part of the City of Pickering, in Durham Region of Ontario, Canada. ... Claremont is a village located in the north part of the City of Pickering, Ontario, Canada. ... Seaton is part of North Pickering, in Ontario, Canada. ...

Economy

Pickering is home to the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, an eight-reactor facility with a capacity of 4,120 megawatts. The first station, Pickering A, opened with four reactors in 1971. Ontario Power Generation, the plants' operator, is the largest single employer in the city. In 2001, the wind-powered OPG 7 Commemorative Turbine was opened on the Generating Station site. Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located in Pickering, Ontario. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is a public company whose shares are wholly owned by the Government of Ontario. ... The OPG 7 Turbine is a large windmill located in Pickering, Ontario. ...

A number of manufacturers are also located in the City. Major employers include Yorkville Sound (audio equipment), the Canadian headquarters of Purdue Pharma (pharmaceuticals and health & beauty products), Hubbell Canada (electrical equipment), PSB Speakers - Lenbrook (stereo equipment) and Eco-Tec Inc.(Industrial Water Purification and Chemical Recovery Systems). Purdue Pharma L.P., is privately-held pharmaceutical company founded by physicians. ... PSB Speakers is a Canadian loudspeaker company founded in 1972 by Paul Barton. ...

Pickering is also the home of the head office of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. MPAC is responsible for value assessment for property tax purposes for all municipalities in Ontario.

In 2006, Profit magazine recognized Pickering as one of the Top 10 Cities in Canada to Grow a Business.

Government

The City Council consists of a Mayor, three Regional Councillors and three City Councillors. The Mayor and Regional Councillors sit on the council and also represent the City at Durham Regional Council. The City Councillors sit on City Council only. Pickering is divided into three wards, with one City Councillor and one Regional Councillor representing each ward.

Emergency services

Police services in Pickering are provided by the Durham Regional Police from a division office located in the eastern section of the City. Officers from this location also patrol Ajax. Pickering Fire Services operates from four stations with a force of full and part-time firefighters. Three stations in the urban portion of the city are staffed with full-time firefighters, while the fourth fire hall in Claremont uses on-call part-timers. Ambulance/emergency medical services are provided by Durham Region. Durham Regional Police Service is the police service for Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, east of Toronto. ...

Transportation

Provincial Highway 401 travels east-west in the southern portion of the City. There are full interchanges at Whites Road and Brock Road and a partial interchange at Liverpool Road. Toll Highway 407 enters Pickering in the northwest from Markham and continues to its current terminus at Brock Road. Proposed expansion would see the highway extended eastward. Highway 7 continues eastward to Whitby from the end of Highway 407. Major Durham Regional roads include Taunton Road, which becomes Steeles Avenue in Toronto. Kingston Road, the original settlement road connecting Toronto and Kington and former Highway 2, is still a major local roadway and is maintained by Durham Region. â€œMacdonald-Cartierâ€ redirects here. ... Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR), is a tollway located in southern Ontario Canadas Greater Toronto Area. ... The Kings Highway No. ... Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue. ... Highway 2 was the major east-west provincial highway in Southern Ontario, running from Windsor in the west to the Lancaster in the east and joining together the towns and cities of the western two thirds of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. ...

The main Toronto-Montreal lines of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway pass through Pickering, as does a separate Toronto-Havelock CP line. VIA Rail trains travel through Pickering along the CN line, but there are no stops in the city. GO Transit provides commuter rail service along its Lakeshore East line. A GO Station is located near Liverpool Road. The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS) is a Canadian Class I railway operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... Havelock is a village in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada located east of Peterborough on Highway 7. ... VIA Rails trains travelling by Highway 401 near Brockville, Ontario. ... GO Transit (AAR reporting marks GOT), officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ... Lakeshore East is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. ... The Pickering GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Pickering, Ontario in Canada. ...

Local transit services are provided by the region-wide Durham Region Transit. GO Transit buses connect Pickering with other points in the GTA. Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Pickering is the proposed site of a new airport.
For more details, see Pickering Airport. Pickering Airport is a proposed international airport for Pickering, Ontario, Canada, east of Toronto. ...

Education

Pickering is served by the Durham District School Board and the Durham Catholic District School Board. As of early 2007, the Public board operates 17 elementary schools and two secondary schools, while the Catholic board runs seven elementary schools and one secondary school. The Durham District School Board is a school board in the public school system of Ontario, Canada, which serves most of the Regional Municipality of Durham (the schools within the Municipality of Clarington belongs to the Kawartha-Pine Ridge District School Board, even though it is within the Regional Municipality... The Durham Catholic District School Board is a school board located in Durham Region, Ontario. ...

Famous people and groups

Sean Avery (born April 10, 1980 in Pickering, Ontario, Canada) is a professional hockey player in the National Hockey League, currently playing for the New York Rangers. ... â€œNHLâ€ redirects here. ... The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Glenn Clark (born on December 1, 1969, in Pickering, Ontario) is the head coach of the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. ... The Toronto Rock are a member of the National Lacrosse League (NLL), a North American professional sports league. ... Ernest Ernie Coombs, CM (November 26, 1927â€“September 18, 2001) was a childrens entertainer, best known for the long-running Canadian television series Mr. ... Perdita Felicien, born August 29, 1980 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, is the world champion hurdler in track and field athletic competition. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Dale Goldhawk is a Canadian broadcaster and investigative reporter. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... This article is about the Broadcast Television Network CTV, for the broadcasting television company see CTVglobemedia. ... Glenn Healy (born August 23, 1962 in Pickering, Ontario, Canada) is a television sports commentator and former ice hockey goaltender who played for 15 years in the National Hockey League. ... â€œNHLâ€ redirects here. ... CFRB, or CFRB 1010 as it is often referred to, is an AM radio station in Toronto, Canada, broadcasting on 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast by CFRX on 6070 kHz. ... Andrea Desiree Lewis (born August 15, 1985), better known plainly as Andrea Lewis, is a Canadian born actress who is also half Jamaican and half St. ... Karl Paul Polanyi (October 21, 1886 - Pickering, Ontario April 23, 1964) was a Hungarian intellectual known for his opposition to traditional economic thought and his influential book The Great Transformation. ... The Great Transformation is a phrase used to describe the sum total of a collection of changes, possibly connected in their origin, that occurred in Europe from about 1700 to about 1900. ... This article is about the Broadcast Television Network CTV, for the broadcasting television company see CTVglobemedia. ... Citytv is a Canadian English language privately owned television system owned by CHUM Limited. ... Razer is a Canadian category 1 digital cable specialty channel, that describes itself as a young adult-controlled entertainment and information community, supporting what matters to young adults. It debuted in its present form on June 30, 2005, replacing the Craig Media incarnation of MTV Canada (another channel, owned by... Sarah Slean performing at De Helling in Utrecht, the Netherlands. ... This article is about the Broadcast Television Network CTV, for the broadcasting television company see CTVglobemedia. ... This article is about the musician. ...

Trivia

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Notes

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